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Abbreviations

Cooperation in International Waters in GDP Gross domestic product
CIWA
Africa
GESI Gender equality and social inclusion
COP15 Fifteenth Conference of the Parties
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation
GLTFCA
CSO Civil Society Organization Area
Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts- ILM Integrated landscape management
DPSIR
Responses
International Union for Conservation of
IUCN
DSS Decision Support System Nature
Environmental and social impact IWRM Integrated water resources management
ESIA
assessment
LCBC Lake Chad Basin Commission
FCV Fragility, conflict, and violence
Multi-Sector Investment Opportunities
MSIOA
GBF Global Biodiversity Framework Analysis
GDE Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems NBI Nile Basin Initiative

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